Shea Serrano’s The Rap Year Book Could Become A Documentary Series

“If you bought a copy...i want you to tell everyone you’re an executive producer now ok wow congratulations on your new job”

March 21, 2016

The Rap Year Book, Shea Serrano's analysis of rap's most important songs since the genre's inception, may be adapted into a documentary series. The journalist announced the happy news on Twitter, and mentioned that a production company in New York will try and bring his book to our video streaming services.

AYYYYYYYYYYYYE listen to this a real actual production optioned TRYB they're gonna try and make it into a documentary series oh shit oh shit
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

the production company was hella cool they got all kinds of awards and whatnot they flew me out to NY and we hung out it was real dope
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

i just signed the contract today this shit is nuts shoutout everyone who bought TRYB y'all made so much noise you got everyone looking at us
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

i wish i had more details for y'all but it was kinda hard to read the proposal or hear what anyone was saying cuz i was crying so much
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

FYI if you bought a copy of TRYB i want you to tell everyone you're an executive producer now ok wow congratulations on your new job
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 21, 2016

Hip-Hop Evolution, another documentary program tracing the genre's roots and modern day impact, will be screened at Toronto's Hot Docs festival this year. For a sampling of The Rap Year Book, read why A Tribe Called Quest's “Bonita Applebum” is the best rap love song of all time. Below, get to know the author with Five Questions with Shea Serrano.

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Shea Serrano’s The Rap Year Book Could Become A Documentary Series

“If you bought a copy...i want you to tell everyone you’re an executive producer now ok wow congratulations on your new job”

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